{"id":445261,"date":"2017-12-09T07:07:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T07:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/09\/ghana-free-zones-authority-to-reward-listed-companies-next-year-ceo\/"},"modified":"2017-12-09T07:07:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T07:07:37","slug":"ghana-free-zones-authority-to-reward-listed-companies-next-year-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/09\/ghana-free-zones-authority-to-reward-listed-companies-next-year-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Free Zones Authority to reward listed companies next year &#8211; CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Saturday,  9 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/43251551.295.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Okyere Baafi Rtyh.jpeg\" title=\"Michael Okyere Baafi Rtyh.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Michael Okyere Baafi, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Free Zones Authority<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512803257_74_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Free Zones Authority, Mr. Michael Okyere Baafi, has stated that the Authority will next year reward companies listed on the Free Zones.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Authority has never organized an awards ceremony for its companies but will do so hopefully in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Kasapa Fm\u2019s Leticia Ohene-Asiedu on Business Digest with Tish, Mr. Okyere Baafi said the event will be a very memorable one since it is the first of its kind.<\/p>\n<p>He said some companies who want to join the Free Zones usually do not meet the standards of the Authority because they are not fully incorporated in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>He said it is the responsibility of the Ghana Free Zones Authority to ensure that companies, who want to join meet all the necessary requirements of the Authority before added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Okyere Baafi again indicated that since the duty of the Free Zones is more of export, companies who want to join must be ready to export 70% of their products and refusal to do so cannot guarantee membership.<\/p>\n<p>Kindly click on the link below for the full interview with Mr. Okyere Baafi:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Zo-IlZmUbg\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 32 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Saturday, 9 December 2017 Source: mynewsgh.com 2017-12-09 Michael Okyere Baafi, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Free Zones Authority The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Free Zones Authority, Mr. Michael Okyere Baafi, has stated that the Authority will next year reward companies listed on the Free Zones. 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